The italian city-states were important centers of trade between central europe and the mongol empire.
true or false

The question is asking us whether it is true that "The Italian city-states were important centers of trade between central Europe and the Mongol Empire.". We would ask here - how would the Italian City-States have access to Mongolia? They had ports and thus had access to other places with ports on the Meditteranean - so a better statement would be that it was between Europe and the Byzantine Empire - the statement is false.